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West Indies. 'The West India Atlas ... illustrated with forty correct charts and...
Catalogue reference: FO 925/1899B
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- FO 925/1899B
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1780-1798
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Description (What the record is about)
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West Indies. 'The West India Atlas ... illustrated with forty correct charts and maps taken from actual surveys, together with an historical account of the several countries and islands which compose that part of the world'. Introduction dealing with discovery, situation, produce, government, religion. Short title appears on a frontispiece showing bay with ships, sailors, small boats, natives, casks, palms, turtle, alligator and flamingoes. Background; a volcano above a cherub with trident and torch. Dedicated to Sir William Young, Baronet, late governor of Dominica, by Robert Sayer. Plate above dedication shows winged figure holding arrow beside coat of arms with motto 'Press Through'. Background: palms, sea and a ship. Foreground: palette, kegs, telescope, globe, music, protractor, dividers. By 'the late Thomas Jeffreys, Geographer to the King'. Printed for Robert Sayer and John Bennett, 1780. A later edition with sixty-one charts and maps.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- Printed
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- International
- Caribbean
- Maps and plans
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 2. America and West Indies, ed P A Penfold (London, 1974), entry 2976
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3818463/
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